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Rukunglri District Woman Member of Parliament Betty Bamukwatsa Muzanlra (centre) celebrates her victory with some FDC party members after an election petition filed against her was dismissed on Friday.

PHOTO BY ROBERT MUHEREZA Court upholds MP· Muzanira victory e Justification.

The High Court ruled that the evidence presented lacked merit.
Ms Masiko was represented by lawyers Justus Karuhanga and Edwin Tabaro, while Mr Jude Byamukama represented Ms Muzanira, BY ROBERT MUHEREZA Mr Patrick Wetaka represented the editorial@ug.nationmedia.com Electoral Commission.

KABALE.

The High Court in Kabale has dismissed an election petition filed by former Rukungiri Woman MP Winfred Komuhangi Masiko against Ms Betty Muzanira, who won the May 31, 2018 by-election.
Ms Masiko petitioned High Court on July 9 seeking nullification of the victory of Ms Muzanira, claiming the electoral process was marred with ir regularities.

She wanted the court to order for a fresh election.

Ms Muzanira, who contested on Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) a party ticket, polled 50,611 votes while W' Ms Masiko, who was under National Resistance Movement, got 46,379 votes.
Ms Sezi Mbaguta, who con tested on Independent ticket, got 993 votes and Ms Fabith Kukundakwe of the People's Progressive Party polled 183 votes.

The High Court, which was presided over by Justice Moses Kazi bwe, started hearing the petition on February 4.

While delivering the judgment on Friday, he said: "Court evaluated the petition and the evidence presented lacked merit.

I hereby dismiss the pe tition with no costs."


Ms Masiko on February 12 testi to fied in court that she reported police and the Electoral Commission five complaints of harassment and intimidation of her supporters dur ing·campaigns and on voting day by some members of the Opposition that were picked from different parts of the country.

She claimed some of her voters were blocked from voting.
Other witnesses, including Mr Em- · manuel Mucunguzi, and Mr Eliot Twi jukye testified that the electoral pro cess was not free and fair.

Ms Muzanira said after the court ruling that her win was God's plan and that the election petition was mali cious.

''I thank God for having prevailed over this matter and I thank the people of Rukungiri that voted me into office and kept praying for me during the court process until today when the court issued judgment in my favour.

Thank you God," Ms Muzanira said.


Ms Masiko could not be reached to comment on the verdict.

Her lawyers, however, said they would study the judgment together with her and decide whether to ap peal or not.

il!HM;t1 The conflict.

The by-election came after Ms Muzanlra, who lost to Ms Maslko In 2016, petitioned court claiming the NRM candidate bribed voters.

She wanted recount of votes at some of the polling stations.

However.Ms Muzanlra's petition was dismissed by High Court in Kaba le.
She went to the Court of Appeal on March 22, 2018,whlch nullified the election after it found Ms Masiko guilty of giving bribes during the election campaigns, and ordered the EC to organise a fresh election.

brietly Students get bursaries KAMWENGE.

Twenty-five students from Kibale County in Kamwenge District last week received bursaries from the area MP Cuthbert Abigaba.

The beneficiaries received their admission letters from Mityana Institute of Nursing ancl.Agrovet.
where they will study certificate courses in bricklaying and concrete practice, carpentry and joinery, mechanics, electrical Installation, plumbing, agricultural engineering, tailoring and design and computer studies.

Mr Abigaba said the beneficiaries will acquire technical skills that will make them future entrepreneurs.

(Fednand Tuhame] .. Prison to be shifted MASINDI.


Justice Law and Order Sector (JLOS) has condemned the dilapidated Masindi lhungu juvenile remand home, Mr Cosmas Byaruhanga, the Masindi district chairperson, told the media last week.
He said he received a letter from JLOS condemning the buildings of the remand home which prompted the district council to pass a resolution to shift the prison to a 10-acre piece of land in Kabalye Cell in Karujubu Division in Masindi Municipality.Mr Badru Mugabi, a councillor, said the district planning unit released Shs30m to title the land in Kabalye but to date, the title has never been processed.

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